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TIL Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot was thrown out of Jackson’s funeral for cursing too much

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yQDap TIL: About two stories of amazing women who were nurses at Pearl Harbor (one on a medical ship, one at a land hospital, both equally courageous.) Grace Lally, Myrtle Watson, and all of the other healers who often go unrecognized - I salute you.
vO17 TIL George Lucas wanted to build a movie studio on his San Francisco area property but was denied permission by his posh neighbors. After 25 years of litigation, he has now decided to build low-income housing on the property.
lowRK TIL the first 2 black senators in the US, who served in the 1870s, were both from the Deep South state of Mississippi. Mississippi also had a black Speaker of the House at this time.
m1vGy TIL the standard artwork on playing cards that I personally have known since childhood has remained relatively unchanged since 1862
PY9ZO TIL that at birth Johnny Cash was named J. R. Cash. When he enlisted in the United States Air Force, he was not permitted to use initials as a first name, so he changed his name to John R. Cash. In 1955, after signing with Sun Records, he started going by Johnny Cash.